Improvement in ax-handle attachments



G. P. MORRILL. AX-Handle Attachment.

No. 210,703. Patented Dec.1o.-1's7s.

Mm mnesses. George l. farr'o'll 'NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

GEORGE I. MORRILL, OF CANTER-BURY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT lN AX-HANDLE ATTAC'HMENTS.

Speeication forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,703, dated Decemberl0, 1878; application filed July 24, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. MORRILL, of Ganterbury,of the county ofMerrimack and State of Xew Hampshire, have invented a new and useful AxHead and Handle Attachment; and do h erehy declare the same to bedescribed in the following speciiication and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a side view, and Fig. 2 alongitudinal section, of an an head and handle provided with the saidattachment. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ot' the collar and screwconstituting part of the said attachment.

Such attachment consists, mainly, in a collar, screw, and nut as appliedto the ax head and handle, substantially as hereinafter described and asrepresented.

In the drawings, A denotes the :1X-handle, and B the head, the latterhaving an eye, a, of the usual form to receive the tenen b of thehandle. There is driven upon the handle, next the base of the tenon, anelongated collar, C,

provided with a screw, D, that projects from it at one end ot' it, andwith the tenon goes through the eye of the aX-head. On this screw, whereprojected beyond the eye, there is screwed an elongated plate or nut.E,which covers the end of the eye and extends across, or nearly across,the upper end of the head.

To keep the nut from accidentally working loose on its screw or out ofplace, a common headed screw, F, is inserted through it and screwed intotheaX-handle. Furthermore,the collar is held in place by one or morerivets going through it and the ax-handle transversely. The shank oi thescrewD is arranged alongside ot' the back of the tenon of the hant le.

By means of the attachment the tenon and handle are not only greatlystrengthened where most liable to become broken while the aX may he inuse, but the head is maintained rmlyin place on the handle.

I sometimes arch or round the upper end of the collar somewhat to enablethe angle ot' set of the head with the handle to be varied, as occasionmay require.

My invention, though somewhat analogous to the ax -handle attachmentshown in the United States Patent No. 70,284, differs materiallytherefrom, inasmuch as l have, in connection with the collar C and screwD, a nut to screw on the latter and extend across and cover the eye ofthe axhead and screw against the head, and such nut has a hole throughit to receive the fastening-screw F, whereby the nut is prevented fromaccidentally working loose on the screw D.

I claim- The herein-described device for attaching and clamping axes totheir handles, the same consisting ot' the collar located on the handiebelow and in contact with the lower surface of the ax, the bolt passingup through the axeye, the plate screwed. as a nut upon the end of bolt,and the screw driven into the head of the helve and keeping the platefrom turning, all constructed, arranged, and operating as specified.

GEO. l?. MORRILL.

Witnesses R. H. EDDY,

JOHN It. SNOW.

